Yasiin Bey - Crime & Medicine lyrics

It was so beautiful it was almost unfair
It's cold but it's true it was
So cold it got warm
Kids out in the schoolyard and playing
It was nice and calm it was dangerous

When the MC's came
Live out the name and to perform
Some had to snort cocaine to act
Insane before Pete Rocked it on
Now on to the mental plane
Spark the brains with the building to be born
Crazy is on the track
Check em check chicka icka etta UHH

Strange Times
Everybody got their get high (Oh my)
Their get right, their get nice, they get by
(Oh my) they get open, get ready, get primed
The national pastime is victimless crime
You want your thrill and I want mine
As long we can get it we ain't got to say why
I don't mean to pry, you ain't got to lie
We ain't got to speak when
It's written in the eyes
Whenever she was high off the
Sparkle in her palm
She had a young girl's smile
And a hustler's charm
Dying from the city where
The hustler's are born
Made, traced, murdered, replaced
Life-long residents barely feel safe
And the street's offer plenty
Taste and little faith (Break it down)
Little face, soft lips, little waist
(Break it more)
Tiny hands (Oh god) fat ass (Oh more)
Big eyes like birthday surprise
Super dupa fly, born in '85
Repeat it to yourself: This
Is a victimless crime
Psyche your mind there's a victim every time
Your tasty little pill
Your freaky little thrill
Pray won't leave you still
You wonder how it feel it's real
Pussy like some money that you steal eww

When the MC's came
Live out the name and to perform
Some had to snort cocaine to act
Insane before Pete Rocked it on
Now on to the mental plane
Spark the brains with the building to be born
Ghetto people on the block

Crime and medicine
Dead wrong and live in America
Off the block and right in your area
Fresh apples and peaches for the president
HA HA crime and medicine
Dead wrong and live in your area
From the street corner
Right in your residence
Fresh apples and peaches for the president
Crime
Fresh peaches and apples for the president
Crime
Fresh chocolates and apples for the president
Crime
Fresh linens and apples to the president
Crime fresh